12 Feb 2020

How to help kiwi during hot, dry weather

From Afternoons, 1:14 pm on 12 February 2020

The dry weather in Northland is causing kiwi  strife. 

It's making it harder for kiwi chicks to find food, as insects burrow deeper in when it's that dry, and means kiwi are wandering further in search of food, puttting them in peril. 

Kiwis for kiwi executive director Michelle Impey explains. 

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Photo: AFP

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